Our Summer Potting Sink
potting sink in her summer skirts
Can I just tell you how much I love our vintage potting sink? I dress her up for the seasons and special holidays and, as I come down the garden path and she comes into view, I smile every time. You see, my sink is a girl !
Today I took the Americana Fourth of July decorations down and replaced her summer outfit. Three cute gingham and applique half-aprons found at yard sales create the sink skirting which conceals a five-gallon bucket and recirculating pump housed there. Since we are having quite a heat wave, I moved heat-tolerant succulents from other spots in the garden to be this month’s stars. One succulent I tucked , pot and all, into an old colander and wired it in. Dried Spanish moss hides the wire and lends a finished look. To water it, I’ll take the whole piece down and put it right side up.
Knick-knacks from the shed and garden room become accessories, and I fire up the pump (the sink is conveniently next to an outdoor electrical outlet). A soft trickle of water flows out the faucet, enticing birds from all over the yard.
See our potting sink in some of her other “outfits” by following the links below:
http://www.hometalk.com/1100793/my-favorite-garden-repurpose-potting-sink-fountain
https://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/everything-including-the-kitchen-sink/
https://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/happy-4th-of-july-patriotic-potting-sink/
Sink as water feature ~ plastic tubing was threaded up through the faucet
Birdhouse in a wire basket
succulent planted in a colander
The sink dribbles into a bowl, water goes down the drain into a bucket below which holds the recirculating pump.
aprons serve as the potting sink’s skirts
Sink as water feature ~ water trickles into the bowl, overflows and runs down the drain into the bucket below
Our Summer Potting Sink
Barb,
I enjoy your creativity. You give me lots of ideas.
Debbie
Watch out, Debbie!! Those “ideas” will get you in trouble ~ have you hauling home other people’s junk and doing crazy things in your yard : )
Happy Gardening!
Barb
Charming
So glad you like my sink all gussied up in her flirty summer skirts, Megan!
Happy Gardening,
Barb
I’ve saved my old sink for just such a purpose but cannot decide where to place it. :D Love the way you’ve decorated the area.
Hi! Lynn,
Great to hear you have the sink ~ that’s hard to come by for many folks! If you want to make it into a water feature as I did, you will want it to be near an outdoor outlet. That helped me figure it out at our house!
Have fun,
Barb
I enjoy and would like to continue following you Barb. I enjoy you and your information on Hometalk Gardening too!
Terrific, Debbie! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment too : )
Happy Gardening,
Barb